34 thoughts on “Honoring Ancestors”

Thanks so much! I was inspired to post it after visiting a great gal pal to honor her Persian New Year (Naw-Ruz) celebration. I loved her altar, she explained the symbolics of it, and told me about her ancestors. It was very moving and reminded me how grateful I am that my shamanic work allows me to meet many ancestors from various traditions.

How interesting and beautiful a custom that you learned from your friend. We can all gain so much by learning the customs of other cultures. Thank you for stopping by my blog.it is nice to become aware of yours.

Yes, me too! And my Persian girlfriend really cared that I mention that this celebration is more about spring renewal.
To me, all altars talk to our ancestors, and many customs come from our ancient (‘pagan’) roots. But hey that’s just me 🙂

This is lovely. I once visited a place where the ancestors of a certain tribe of African people were ‘believed’ to be located, and it was an amazing experience. They really could be felt and heard, as if they were physical.

That’s wonderful! I have recently been to Africa for the first time and have totally fell in love! So much so, that we are going back for a month this summer 🙂
I have always felt close to the traditions of Indians of the Americas, but have to say that something has happened for me while in Africa and I could really feel that that is where life on Earth started and evolved from (I know that the science confirms that but I never felt it true in my inner being 🙂 I would be very interested to learn more about your book!

Great poem! (: Upon seeing the haft sin table, and the comments on this blog, I suddenly missed celebrating the Persian New Year. The Haft Sin (or 7 “S”) table represents many things about this life. It’s one of those age-old traditions that remains kept up to this very day. Although late, I wish you and everyone a happy spring beginning. (:

Thanks so much! I am really at awe of the great response to this post. It’s wonderful that so many of us could honor a different tradition. And I think we all missed spring this year, but it’s finally coming. It will shine bright 🙂

I like that Buddhist holiday where you light a candle and there is drumming and dancing. I can’t recall what its called but I so enjoyed participating one year at a temple, it was all about honoring our ancestors.
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Sindy